Following are examples in the Pennsylvania German dialect.  In each case, they have been rewritten to conform to the Buffington-Barba style of spelling.  I'm still proofing the final presentations - email if you find any problems.  Pop-up mini dictionaries are planned for those without translations.

• Boonastiel - Thanksgiving by T.H. Harter, 1928
• Das Battalye, by Daniel Miller, 1903
• Die Hoffning, by Thomas R Brendle
• The Old Professor (partial index only), by Professor Haag
• Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, by Florence Baver, 1957
• Rauch's Handbook, Practical Exercises, by E.H. Rauch, 1879
• Rauch's Handbook, The Use of Words, by E.H. Rauch, 1879

The following is not really written in the dialect, but is an interesting example of the writing style of a house carpenter from Schuylkill County writing a friendly letter to his brother after the Civil War about life in Ohio.

Henry Smith Letter, by Henry S. Smith, 1870's